Free First WednesdayFree museum admission all day, to anyone from anywhere, at Bay Area Discovery Museum
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
UrbanSim Model of Urban DevelopmentPaul Waddell teaches and conducts research on modeling and planning in the domains of land use, housing, economic geography, transportation, and the environment. He has led the development of the UrbanSim model of urban development and the Open Platform for Urban Simulation, now used by Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other ...
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Healthcare Reform in California: Challenges and OpportunitiesJoin Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner, for a discussion on the healthcare reform opportunities and challenges facing California voters this November.Speaker: Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Aquarium of the Bay Presents Aquapalooza: Octo-berfestRaise a glass and toast our mysterious eight-armed friends of the deep as we celebrate Octo-berfest during this adults-only after-hours party. We'll be spilling the ink on our favorite eight-armed wonder and its cephalopod relatives with octopus enrichment presentations, squid dissections, and squid block printing while we delight in sea ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 online in advance, $20 at the door
Thursday, 10/02/14
X-ray Insights into Black Hole Accetion and EjectionRelativistic jets and accretion disk winds can potentially have major impacts on black hole host environments. The study of these flows can also reveal fundamental aspets of disk accretion. X-rays probe the region closest to black holes, and may be best suited to the study of outflows near to their ...
Marine ecosystems are changing around the globe due to both natural and anthropogenic drivers. At the most fundamental level, microbes are the chemical engineers of the marine environment that orchestrate the biogeochemical backdrop for all other marine life. Microbial processes are influenced by environmental factors such as pH, temperature, and ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Tracy ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
NEXT-GENERATION AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCEThe Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) provides maneuver instructions to pilots during the last minute prior to collision. The current TCAS logic uses deterministic models and heuristic rules that limit the robustness of the system. This talk presents a new approach for designing collision avoidance logic that significantly ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Matter Matters- Cradle to Cradle Design and the CircularThere's massive innovation now in materials, products, processes, technologies and systems. In this interdisciplinary talk, Sudeep will share how Cradle to Cradle® design (C2C), eliminates the concept of waste and keeps the technical and biological materials flowing in a macrointegrated manner. Waste=Food. This global circular economy is regenerative by design ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Educator NightEducators are invited to join the Lawrence Hall of Science for this special after-hours event where you'll explore the Hall and our resources. Learn how the Hall can be a vital resource for you and your classroom through field trips, curriculum planning, and professional development and get excited to do ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free for educators
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet in Menlo Park at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for someone wearing a CFI (Center for Inquiry) T-Shirt. Café Borrone
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Exploring Deception in Nature and Culture- After Dark: When Tricks Are TreatsDelve into the science behind deception at After Dark. Find out how expert wine detective Maureen Downey exposes costly counterfeits-without uncorking a bottle. Glimpse the blurred margins between science and art in Victorian spirit photography with Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco curator Melissa Buron, and walk through a virtual ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
'Maker', a documentary on the Maker MovementPlease join us for a screening of Maker, a feature-length documentary on the Maker Movement and its impact on society, culture and economy in the U.S. Educators and families especially welcome.6:30 - 7:00 snacks and informal networking7:30 - 8:15 Maker movie (1 hr. 6 min)8:15 - 9:00 panel discussion moderated by ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Unlocking Clean Technology Potential: Innovations in Battery TechnologyThe potential of many clean technologies is dependent on energy storage. Batteries enable electric vehicles. Stationary energy storage can both smooth the intermittency of solar and wind energy and store energy for when it is needed. Electric automobiles are the primary alternative to gasoline burning cars today. Road vehicles consume ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Advance Ticket $10 or $15 at the Door
Preventing or Delaying Type 2 Diabetes - Part One of a Three Part SeriesType 2 diabetes, formerly called adult-onset diabetes, is the most common type of the disease, affecting 95 percent of people with diabetes. Type 2 diabetes affects people at any age, even during childhood. However, this type of diabetes develops most often in middle-aged and older people, and those who are ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Friday, 10/03/14
HAPPY HOLLOW EDZOOCATION presents Go Wild!Happy Hollow Park and Zoo comes to your library! Join us with yourwhole family for a fun filled program with live crittersand learn about adaptations, habitat, diet,and more
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Night HikeJoin us for hikes through our redwoods! Trail walks are led by an experienced hiker and Chabot educator and feature discussions about the natural environment, events and objects in the sky.Hike under the beautiful gibbous moon through the redwoods from twilight to moonlight on a moderate 4-5 mile hike. After ...
Where: OaklandCost: $12
Ebola: Beyond the HeadlinesJoin Dr. Paul Farmer for an evening of firsthand reports from doctors on the front lines of Ebola who are mounting a global response with Bay Area partners. Partners In Health, Last Mile Health of Liberia, and Wellbody Alliance of Sierra Leone have launched an ambitious campaign to scale up ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $18 Members, $10 Students
Saturday, 10/04/14
CuriOdyssey's Lift Off Festival Join CuriOdssey for its 60th Anniversary with a celebration of lift! See firing rockets, flying Frisbees, soaring falcons, floating bubbles, and other things that ascend in the air. See "lift" put into practice through demonstrations by the San Jose Spiders, Lily Cai Dance Company, and Rebels Elite cheer team.
Where: San MateoCost:
Nurdle PatrolThe Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and MSI invite you to take a look at the many strange and surprising things that travel the oceans and drift along the shore by Crissy Field. Use microscopes to discover a whole world of bizarre plants and animals living in a ...
MSI loves sharks! Our special Shark Day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures, from the Great Whites that swim just off our ocean shores, to the gentle Leopard Sharks that are common in our Bay.We will be feeding and touching our local Leopard Sharks in our ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20 General, $10 Members
Cephalopod CelebrationIf you missed this amazing program in June you have another chance this month! Join Aquarium naturalists and find out more about the amazing cephalopod family. From saucy squids to ostentatious octopuses, learn what's armed and what's tentacled. Get the inside scoop on cephalopods during squid dissections at 11am, Noon, ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Astronomy DayIt's a star! It's a satellite! It's a... well, what is it? Throughout history astronomers and scientists have made accidental discoveries of new stars, planets and more through trial and error. In celebration of National Astronomy Day on October 8, the East Bay Astronomical Society and other local astronomers will ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Family Science & Astronmy Festival + MakerspaceKeynote speech on dark matter/dark energy by Dr. Patricia Burchat, professor of physics at Stanford University. Science demonstrations by CSM faculty, astronomy workshops by SMCAS, drop-in crafting and tinkering workshops. Join us for hands-on projects and skill-sharing in electronics, crafts, media, and more!
Where: San MateoCost: Free
HAPPY HOLLOW EDZOOCATION presents Go Wild!Happy Hollow Park and Zoo comes to your library! Join us with yourwhole family for a fun filled program with live crittersand learn about adaptations, habitat, diet,and more
In recent decades, cosmology has become an observational science that has led to two mysterious observations: about a quarter of the energy density of the universe is in the form of "dark matter," which gravitationally attracts but is otherwise invisible, and about two-thirds is "dark energy," which causes space itself ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
ASTRONAUT LULLABIESAre you in the mood from something new in the universe?Then check out ASTRONAUT LULLABIES, an immersive live concert planetarium experience at the SRJC Planetarium.Featuring the astronomy-inspired, thought-rocking songs of Jim and Kathy Ocean, ASTRONAUT LULLABIES is a conceptual ride through outer and inner space. With songs like "Coming of ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Advanced Purchase: General Admission: $15; Childr
Sunday, 10/05/14
Astronomy DayIt's a star! It's a satellite! It's a... well, what is it? Throughout history astronomers and scientists have made accidental discoveries of new stars, planets and more through trial and error. In celebration of National Astronomy Day on October 8, the East Bay Astronomical Society and other local astronomers will ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Free First SundayFirst Sundays of the month are free at the Oakland Museum of California. Pick up a treat for yourself or a loved one in the OMCA Store, or enjoy a lunch or snack in Blue Oak café. Take your pick and join an OMCA Docent for the Architecture Tour at ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
The Science of FirefightingWhat are the challenges to fighting fires in San Francisco? Do you feel prepared in the event of a fire in your home? Join firefighters from the San Francisco Fire Department to explore fire safety, education, and prevention in time for National Fire Prevention Week (October 5–11, 2014).Investigate firefighting tactics ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Monday, 10/06/14
Marcelo Gleiser: The Island of Knowledge - The Limits of Science and the Search for MeaningTo be human is to want to know, but what we are able to observe is only a tiny portion of what's "out there." Brazilian theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of our existence and reaches a provocative conclusion: science, the main ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students
A neural basis for attention in humans and monkeysThe Stanford Neurosciences Institute hosts a weekly seminar series to bring together members of the Stanford neuroscience community to hear about and discuss cutting edge basic and/or clinical research that is relevant to the future of neuroscience.Speaker: Robert Desimone, MITRooms 101-102
Where: StanfordCost: Free
STUDYING X-RAYS FROM SOLAR FLARESDr. Lindsay Glesener of University of California, Berkeley will discuss her work using sounding rocket experiments to study solar X-rays.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Revolution in Graph Theoretic OptimizationGraph theoretic optimization problems that have been dormant for fifty years are now seeing new and exciting algorithms. These advances have been made possible by Spectral Graph Theory, the interplay between linear algebra and combinatorial graph theory. One application of this interplay is a nearly linear time solver for Symmetric ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Answering Calls of Our Time: Energy Technology Transitions and EquityHow can we deploy clean energy technologies on a scale that matters and in a time frame that makes a difference? Market conditions that motivate private equity investments are framed in part by public policy decisions taken in contexts where social equity is a factor. Claims for justice are persistent ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Collecting New and Hardy Plants in the Mountains of Northern VietnamPlant explorers Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones will talk about their plant-collecting expeditions in the north of Vietnam. They have explored that region's mountainous forests seven times since 1999, discovering new species and other exciting plants-"exciting sometimes to the extreme," they report. The main emphasis will be on the plant ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25
Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of 'Powers of Two: Seeking the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs'What drives creative success? According to Shenk the magic number is two. Even when we're alone, we are "collaborating" with the voice inside our head.Shenk examines dynamic duos in all fields of business, entertainment, social activism, etc. and unveils the "electrified space" of a partnership. He also identifies some of ...
Peter Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and made the first outside investment in Facebook, says we must think about the future for more than just 140 characters or 15 minutes at a time to make real long-term progress. He discusses some of the ideas in his new book, Zero to One, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40 - $80
A Planet for GoldilocksNot too hot, not too cold reads the prescription for a world that's just right for life as we know it. Finding evidence of life beyond Earth is one of the primary goals of astronomy focused science agencies in the United States and abroad. The goal looms closer as a ...
Recurring Slope Lineae: Confirmation of shallow subsurface flowing water on MarsRecurring Slope Lineae (RSL) are narrow (0.5 to 5 m) dark albedo features that incrementally lengthen down steep slopes and reoccur each year. RSL are well correlated with temperature, as they lengthen as temperature increases and fade as temperature decreases. RSL have been observed within a latitude band from 37°N ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Public lecture by Dr. Laurie Marker, founder of The Cheetah Conservation FundEver wondered what goes into saving an endangered species? Dr. Laurie Marker, founder of The Cheetah Conservation Fund, has been working with cheetahs in Namibia for decades. In the race for survival, she has had to work with various stakeholders and use innovative strategies such as genetic research, re-wilding programs, ...
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunset/Full Moon walk to Point Bonita LighthouseJoin park staff and docents for a tour down the Point Bonita Trail, through the hand carved tunnel and out to the Lighthouse. We will walk along a half-mile trail which is steep in places. Arrive early as parking is limited. Meet at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead. Dress warmly ...
Where: SausalitoCost:
Nerd Night North Bay #1Join us for the first ever Nerd Nite North Bay! Drink beer and learn about ancient Andean culture, sustainable beermaking, and Deadheads! How do they all connect? Sustainability! The ancient Moche civilization farmed with very little water, you can in fact brew beer in a sustainable way with very little ...
Where: NovatoCost: $5
Wednesday, 10/08/14
Total Lunar EclipseThe observatory deck opens at 2am for a special presentation about the eclipse. Stay after the presentation for the late night viewing festivities. A Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the shadow of the Earth. For this to happen the Sun, Earth, and Moon must be closely aligned ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, Free for members
Data Analytics in EnergyEd Abbo is currently President and Chief Technical Officer of C3 Energy, which offers smart grid analytics SaaS solutions that enable utilities to realize the full promise of their investments in the smart grid Mr. Abbo was formerly Senior Vice President at Oracle Corporation responsible for Oracle's application and SaaS ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Enhancing Decision Making for New Vaccine Development and Health PolicyThe Institute of Medicine has developed SMART Vaccines-a decision support software system that offers the promise of enhancing decision making about the priorities for developing new vaccines and prioritizing for deployment among existing vaccines. It can also be used to help specify desirable vaccine characteristics, and potentially applied in comparing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Steven Pinker: The Science of Writing WellSteven Pinker, a leading scientist of language and the mind, regularly appears in lists of the world's top 100 thinkers. A psychology professor at Harvard, he is the bestselling author of eight books including The Stuff of Thought and How the Mind Works. His latest, The Sense of Style: The ...
The Baltic Sea is an ideal natural laboratory for the study of climate change impacts on the ocean, where the greatest rate of change is now being found in semi-enclosed seas. The recent IPCC AR5 assessment reports that under RCP 8.5 Baltic sea surface temperatures will increase by 4.3°C by ...
I will start by describing specific ecological systems that have multiple stable states, lakes and coral algal grazer systems giving models of the latter. I will then discuss approaches for predicting sudden shifts in the face of slow parameter change. The approach will depend on developing a simple stochastic model and using ...
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Critical information systems remain vulnerable to attack by a wide range of potential adversaries. Unfortunately, the risks are real and the problem continues to worsen in scope. This talk will describe the current and evolving nature of the threat and will highlight dangers in cyberspace today. The talk will discuss ...
Twitter's 250 million users generate tens of billions of tweet views per day. Aggregating these events in real time - in a robust enough way to incorporate into our products - presents a massive scaling challenge. In this talk I'll introduce TSAR (the TimeSeries AggregatoR), a robust, flexible, and scalable ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
How Google Works: Authors Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg in Conversation with Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google over a decade ago as proven technology executives. At the time, the company was already well-known for doing things differently, reflecting the visionaryâ€" and frequently contrarianâ€"principles of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: TBA
8 Big Ideas - Science at the TheaterAt Berkeley Lab, we pride ourselves on great, socially responsible ideas. But can we explain them in a way that non-scientists can understand -- and applaud -- in only 8 minutes? The answer is yes and we will prove it on October 8 at Oakland's Kaiser Theater from 7-9 p.m. when 8 Berkeley Lab scientists take ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Exploring the Frontiers of Astronomy and the Lick ObservatoryThe Sonoma County Astronomical Society and the Robert Ferguson Observatory present:A benefit lecture by Prof. Alex Filippenko, Professor of Astronomy at UC Berkeley.Hosted by the Sonoma Academy 'Black Box Theater'Purchase tickets here.
7:00-7:25: Alison Gopnik(UC Berkeley/ Psychology) on "The Philosophical Baby"What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life...Read more7:25-7:50: Edward Frenkel(UC Berkeley/ Mathematics) on "Love and Math"Abstract...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art ...
Judy Irving, a Sundance-and-Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker known for The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, is coming to Sonoma. Now it's pelicans and their ancient magic, near-extinction and recovery paralleling our human relationship to the environment. One August afternoon, a confused, tired, and very hungry young pelican landed on the roadway of ...
Where: SonomaCost: $8
The Copernicus Complex: Are We Special in the Cosmos?Is humanity on Earth special or unexceptional? For the first time in human history, we stand poised to answer this question from a scientific perspective. Extraordinary discoveries in astronomy and biology have revealed a universe filled with endlessly diverse planetary systems, and a picture of life as a phenomenon intimately linked with ...
In an age of terrorism, where should a democratic society draw the line on government surveillance? Edward Snowden's explosive disclosures about the National Security Agency's intelligence-collection operations have ignited an intense debate about the appropriate balance between security and liberty in America. In a special series this year, nationally prominent ...
Engineer/Comedian Don McMillan headlines and hosts a FULL night of Nerdy Comedy on Wednesday, October 8 at Roosters! This is not your typical comedy show: Don't expect jokes like "Cats are different than dogs". It's more like "Einstein was way different than Newton..." Combining a solid scientific method and 25 ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $14
Thursday, 10/09/14
Characterizing Exoplanets with Transit Timingundreds of exoplanets have now been discovered via Doppler shifts and transits of their host stars. The Doppler shift is sensitive to planet mass and eccentricity, while the transit to planet size. However, we would like to measure size, mass and eccentricities to get at the bulk density, escape velocity, ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Thomas ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
From the Eocene to the Anthropocene: An Engineer's View of Climate ChangeDr. G. Wayne Clough (CEE PhD '69), Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will be the honored speaker for the 2014 Fall CEE Distinguished Lecture. Dr. Clough's talk, "From the Eocene to the Anthropocene: An Engineer's View of Climate Change" will focus on Smithsonian science in multiple disciplines that is adding ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
HAPPY HOLLOW EDZOOCATION presents Go Wild!Happy Hollow Park and Zoo comes to your library! Join us with yourwhole family for a fun filled program with live crittersand learn about adaptations, habitat, diet,and more
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Near-Field Cosmology, Data Processing and the Cambridge Astronomical Survey UnitThe Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU) is part of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University. This group is responsible for processing data for all the imaging surveys carried out on the ESO VISTA and VST telescopes and for all data taken on WFCAM at UKIRT, together with imaging and spectroscopic ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Kevin Roe: The Ultimate Robot Challenge at FukushimaThe triple meltdowns at Fukushima could be the greatest industrial disaster in history. But the disaster is not over, it has only just begun. Without repair at the reactors, endless radionuclide contamination from Fukushima will poison the Pacific Ocean. Kevin is a patent attorney in Silicon Valley and was formerly an ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Cost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
An Evening of Genius with Dr. Carl HaberPlease join us for a stimulating evening with Dr. Carl Haber, Audio Preservationist, Physicist, and 2013 MacArthur Fellow. An experimental physicist with the Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Dr. Haber is part of the ATLAS Group that discovered the Higgs boson particle. He is the founder of the Berkeley project ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Current Topics in CybersecurityThe 21st century is characterized by the use of the Internet for our personal and professional daily lives. National security depends on a stable, safe and resilient cyberspace. We rely on this vast array of networks to communicate, socialize, network, travel, automate our homes, run the world economy, and provide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Big Soda and the EnvironmentSugary drinks harm our bodies, but what about our ecosystems? Earth Island Journal editor Jason Mark and guests explore the environmental impacts of Big Soda, from litter and recycling woes, to greenwashing, water wars, and GMO corn in the Midwest.Speakers:Jason Mark, Editor, Earth Island Journal (moderator)Susan Collins, Director, Container Recycling ...
What:7:00-7:25: Andrea Stevenson Won(Stanford's Communication Dept) on "The Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab"Understanding the dynamics and implications of interactions among people in immersive virtual reality simulations...Read more7:25-7:50: Margot Knight(Djerassi Resident Artists Program) on "Scientific Delirium Madness"A retreat that linked artists and scientists for 30 days of collegial interaction...Read ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tinkering Social Club: Lock Picking with TOOOLUnlock the mysteries of lock picking at this month's Tinkering Social Club with The Open Organisation of Lockpickers (TOOOL). Tinker with locks and tools typically only seen in movies starring criminals and secret agents! TOOOL is dedicated to advancing the public's knowledge of locks and lock picking. You'll learn how ...
Robert A. Burton, MD PhD, former Chief of the Neurology Division at UCSF Mt. Zion, will present his ever-evolving view of the nature of what a mind might and might not be.Dr Burton is author of "On Being Certain: Believing That You Are Right Even When You're Not," and of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Friday, 10/10/14
UC Berkeley Homecoming at the Lawrence Hall of ScienceShow your Bear pride the scientific way by spending your UC Berkeley Homecoming weekend at the Lawrence Hall of Science. All events are free with a Homecoming name tag, UC Berkeley ID, Berkeley Lab/Lawrence Livermore National Lab employee ID, or Hall admission.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Homecoming: Dodging ExtinctionThe new book Dodging Extinction weaves together perspectives from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Unless we rethink how we generate power, where we get our food, and how we make our ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Resilient Response: The Transition MovementTransition is an international grassroots response to climate change, ecological and economic instability. Learn how communities in California, across the US, and around the world are taking action to transition away from fossil fuels while building resilience and responding to the great challenges of our time.Speaker: Marissa Mommaerts is Communications ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $3 donation requested
The Secret World of BatsYSI presents a special talk on bats at YSI's Vasona Park location, led by Dave Johnston, Ph.D, a world-renowned expert on bats. It will include a bat discovery hike along Vasona Lake and nearby lawn areas. Yes, there are bats at Vasona!Ages 6 and up, accompanied by parent or guardian
Where: Los GatosCost: Check with YSI, website shows two costs
Searching for Meteorites at and near the South PoleIn 2011, 2013, and 2014, a group from TravelQuest International searched for meteorites just below the surface of the ice in "The Land Waaaaay Down Under". Landon Curt Noll, who served as the expedition scientist, will discuss the challenges of working and living in Antarctica. Landon will bring a collection ...
UC Berkeley Homecoming at the Lawrence Hall of ScienceShow your Bear pride the scientific way by spending your UC Berkeley Homecoming weekend at the Lawrence Hall of Science. All events are free with a Homecoming name tag, UC Berkeley ID, Berkeley Lab/Lawrence Livermore National Lab employee ID, or Hall admission.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Wildlife Conservation Expo 2014The world's leading wildlife conservationists will come together in San Francisco to share their stories of saving wildlife around the world with you at the annual Wildlife Conservation Expo.See weblink for more details and speaker list.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40 - $75
100th Anniversary Event at Saratoga LibraryThe celebration will include presentations and hands-on activities for all ages----- Magician Kim Silverman: Special Performance -- 3D Printing: Introduction and DemonstrationsHands-On Activities: -- Space and Science: Hands-on Chabot Activities -- Robotics with Toothbrushes-- Henna Body Art-- Lego Inspired Engineering -- Coffee-Ground Painting-- Rubber Band Knitting-- Postcard Creating-- Bath Salts Making-- Gardening-- Button Making-- ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
East Bay Global FrackdownOn October 11, people all over the world will be calling for an end to fracking and the dangers it poses to our environment, health, and communities. Here in Oakland, we'll be having a day of action at Lake Merritt, where our community can come together to learn about fracking and ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Meet the MakersAt the Lawrence Hall of Science, meet Xunfeng Zaoh, a noted woodworker, artist, designer, and inventor. Work alongside Xunfeng to learn new skills and get inspired by his work.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Science Saturday: Butterflies 101 - Butterflies of Mountain Lake and Beyond!Join Liam O'Brien at Mountain Lake for a talk on the fascinating world of local butterflies. Liam will give a beginner's overview of these beautiful invertebrates, and discuss the rich history of Lepidoptera in San Francisco. He'll also discuss a number of butterfly restoration and conservation efforts he's been involved ...
3:30-3:40: Piero Scaruffi (Cultural Historian): Introduction to the national LASER program3:40-4:00: Robert Buelteman (Photographer) on "Photography Without the Camera"The application of high-voltage electrical currents and hand-delivered fiber optic light can create fine-art photographs of living plants through a creative process inspired by Japanese ink-brush painting and improvisational jazz4:00-4:20: ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallThe explosion of a small asteroid near Chelyabinsk in 2013, and numerous near-misses since then (such as the September 2014 close pass by asteroid 2014 RC) serve as reminders that we live in a cosmic shooting gallery. We'll look at the threats posed by Near Earth Objects (NEOs), the strategies ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 10/12/14
Founder's Day - Free day at the ExploratoriumAdmission to the Exploritorium is free today, sponsored by UNIQLO USA.In collaboration with the Exploratorium, UNIQLO will make 700 advance tickets available for pick-up at their Bay Area locations beginning one week before the Free Day.
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with admission
UC Berkeley Homecoming at the Lawrence Hall of ScienceShow your Bear pride the scientific way by spending your UC Berkeley Homecoming weekend at the Lawrence Hall of Science. All events are free with a Homecoming name tag, UC Berkeley ID, Berkeley Lab/Lawrence Livermore National Lab employee ID, or Hall admission.
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
QUANTUMThe QUANTUM dance performance was developed by Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin and German visual artist Julius von Bismarck in the Collide@CERN residency, at the world's largest particle physics lab.QUANTUM takes the quark as muse, fusing choreography and installation art into an ode to subatomic randomness. Six dancers vibrate, scatter, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 at door, $10 in advance
Monday, 10/13/14
How Should the U.S. Regulate Genetic Testing?The FDA's recent announcement that it will soon release its Draft Guidance on regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests will obviously be an important subject, but we hope that the conference will take a very broad view of the question, examining options from no regulation to "regulation" by professional standards to ...
Where: StanfordCost:
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE GALAXYDr. Ann-Marie Madigan of University of California, Berkeley will discuss the stars, gas clouds, and supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
The appropriate time path for emissions prices, which economists call the "Social Cost of Carbon," should be thought of as the solution to an optimal control problem. The price of carbon is the brake that society uses to accelerate or decelerate the rate of usage of the atmosphere's unknown capacity ...
Climate Change and West AntarcticaThe West Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the ice equivalent of 5 meters of sea level and is slowly adding to the rise of global ocean levels. It is now thought that the ice sheet is undergoing irreversible marine ice sheet collapse. The primary cause is bottom melting of coastal ice ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
DuPont: The History of Industrial BiotechnologyDuPont is a world leader and one of the founders of Industrial Biotechnology.Michael V. Arbige, PhD, VP of R&D at DuPont will discuss the history of how DuPont developed the first series of recombinant and protein engineered enzyme products ever to enter the industrial marketplace. These products and those currently under ...
Following his biography of Steve Jobs, award-winning author Walter Isaacson became fascinated with other compelling stories of the men and women who have led the global revolution of the Information Age. The Innovators is his revealing account of the revolutionaries who created the computer and the Internet, yet it begins ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Agile Update – And Is It For You?This talk features a panel of leading experts discussing new the latest advances in Agile development (Kanban, Scrum, SoC, etc.). John Swan will be the moderator for the discussions.Speaker: Kathryn Kuhn, Hewlett-Packard, Agile Evangelist – Product Development IT; Damian Brown, Symantec, Sr. Manager, Program Management; John Swan, Moderator
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Extreme Adaptation (free Bay Currents talk)Rhis year has been one of California's driest on record, and carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere reached levels not seen for almost a million years. More climate changes lie ahead -- but the Bay Area, with its history of environmental leadership, is not standing idly by.Kathleen M. Wong and ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Wednesday, 10/15/14
The Technology of Access: Allowing People of Age to Vote for ThemselvesUniversal access is an important goal of technology. This talk examines several evolving voting technologies and their impact on persons with cognitive and physical disabilities. The research described will show how many of the accessibility opportunities for people of age could actually improve the performance of the voting population as ...
Instructions Sets Should Be Free: The Case for RISC-VThe increasing popularity today of systems on a chip, where processors are just part of the design, calls into question why one of the most important interfaces is proprietary. We argue that:There is no good technical reason not to have free, open instruction sets just as we have free, open ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Storms from the SunThe weather patterns of the Sun are powerful, ever changing, and mesmerizingly beautiful. They drive explosions of literally astronomical proportions that can escape the Sun's gravity to affect all of the planets from nearby Mercury to distant Uranus, including Earth. Space storms involve a force that we generally ignore in our daily lives: ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #53: Undead Philosophy, Math, and Space Man!For all the meteorological, celestial, and sporting delights this San Francisco October has offered, there is nothing more delightful than an autumnal Nerd Nite at the Rickshaw Stop! It's getting dark out there, so come early, gulp an intoxicating beverage, let Alpha Bravo's vinyl vibrate your eardrums, and hear tell ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8
Thursday, 10/16/14
Monitoring Coho Salmon with Sound: Lagunitas Creek DIDSON Pilot ProjecIn 2012, Lagunitas Creek was selected as a life cycle monitoring station (LCMS) by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). A major component of LCMS is the use of adult counting stations to determine adult coho and steelhead escapement. Dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) technology was identified by CDFW ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Alvin ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Visualizing Climate ImpactsIn spite of the seemingly constant bombardment of sobering climate news, Americans continue to rank global warming 19th out of the top 20 priorities for the nation. Come discover how a pioneering new technology - a location-based, first-person, 360-degree virtual reality device called the OWL - is being used in the Bay Area ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for members
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
BERC Energy Summit: Innovation ExpositionThe Innovation Expo is a research showcase that opens and connects the enormous wealth of leading-edge energy research from UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and relevant local start-ups to the public. With more than 100 presenters and 500 attendees, the Expo promises a highly engaging environment where energy ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: See weblink
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, ADAPTATION, AND VULNERABILITY: THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENTThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is bringing its Fifth Assessment Report, authored by 800 experts from around the world, to completion this fall. The climate changes that have already occurred have led to widespread, consequential impacts. Moving into the future, responding to climate change is a challenge in managing ...
Leveraging the leadership principles of Amazon.com, understand the perspective, culture, and tactics which leaders can borrow to evaluate and execute in the times of disruption. Mr. Rossman launched and scaled the third party selling business at Amazon (over 40% of all orders today) and managed the enterprise services business at ...
Carol Dweck, a renowned Psychology professor at Stanford University and one of the world's leading researchers in the fields of motivation and achievement, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea–the power of mindset. In this talk, Dweck will focus on why people succeed and how to foster success. She'll explain why ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Coyotes In Our MidstLearn about the remarkable adaptability and resiliency of this successful predator. This presentation reveals the challenges and opportunities coyotes provide to urban communities. Join the fascinating and complex world of Canis latrans - their keen intelligence, amazing resourcefulness and importance in many ecosystems.Preregistration available online at www.wildlife-museum.org or pay at the ...
Sculptor Todd McGrain and filmmaker Andrew Stern created The Lost Bird Project to raise public awareness through art of five bird species that went extinct over the past 150 years. They share a conviction that art can touch us in ways that ideas and intellect alone cannot. At our Speaker ...
Agenda7:30pm Doors open, Networking and Snacks 8:00pm Announcements & Presentation Please arrive by 8 due to securitySummaryObtaining a light field from real world the can enable many applications, such as post-capture camera control and scene reconstruction. While many light field capture systems have been proposed and built in the lab, the microlens/lenslet-based ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Living in the Plate Boundary and Through the Ice AgesThe geology and landscapes of California are the results of a long history of plate tectonic interactions. The majestic granite walls of Yosemite, the rich agricultural soils of the Central Valley, and the wild-colored rocks of the Coast Ranges all reflect a long history of subduction. Our present beloved topography ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 10/17/14
BERC Energy Summit ConferenceFor seven consecutive years, the BERC Energy Conference has convened leading stakeholders for to tackle the world's most pressing energy challenges. The prestigious event has played a significant role in developing solutions to intractable issues, ranging from cleantech financing gaps to seemingly irreconcilable tensions in energy policy and innovation. Last ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: See weblink
LP25 Interactive: Loma Prieta Earthquake 25th Anniversary Commemoration at the ExploratoriumJoin the Exploratorium for LP25 Interactive: Loma Prieta Earthquake 25th Anniversary Commemoration, an emergency preparedness event presented in collaboration with the City and County of San Francisco, American Red Cross and PG&E. From exploring the science behind earthquakes to learning how families can prepare for an emergency, more than 20 organizations ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Included with admission.
NASA's Space Shuttle-Best Spacecraft EverOver the 30 years from 1981 to 2011, NASA's five Space Shuttles flew 135 missions. Most were highly successful. Two became national tragedies. The Shuttles carried hundreds of astronauts into space, scores of satellites and planetary probes, and most of the components for the International Space Station. Shuttle astronauts also ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Numenta Training Workshop Fri 10/17Numenta is offering a half-day technical workshop to provide training for developers or potential customers/partners interested in our technology. Workshop sessions will review Numenta theory, technology, and applications – and provide an overview for how to get started on your own projects using Numenta technology. The majority of content will ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: See Weblink
The Cordell Bank - A World to BeholdRight off our coast is the mysterious, ever- changing underwater world of a national marine sanctuary. A place where cold water up wells from far down below and provides nourishment to a wide variety of incredible sea life in the Cordell Bank. Sadly, there are very few underwater sanctuaries on ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
>Play Conference Hackathon>Play, the premier student-led technology conference in the country, is proud to be hosting its second annual hackathon! Join with your friends or form at a team at the event to work on prompts provided by innovative tech companies for a chance to win $5,000. Receive mentorship from industry insiders, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Superconductors: Old and NewSolid State Physics is a field which continuously renews itself through the discovery of new materials and new phenomena. This has been particularly true for the subfield of superconductivity. We will review the progress in this field from Kammelingh Onnes's discovery of superconductivity in mercury in 1911 to the Bednorz-Mueller ...
Welcome to the Space Renaissance! Technological advances are now enabling civilians to design, build and operate simple space craft and launch vehicles at an affordable cost. These new technologically driven capabilities are reigniting the passions and interests of students, private citizens, and communities around science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Atchison ...
Where: OaklandCost: see description
Saturday, 10/18/14
Hayward Fault Walking TourOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. Instructors will be leading these 'ground breaking' tours and exposing the science and beauty of the Hayward Fault. This fault is one of several active faults in the world actually creeping at 5 ...
Where: FremontCost: $15
National Chemistry Week CelebrationA celebration of chemistry, this FREE event includes the Chemistry Wheel of Fortune where every child wins a prize, and HANDS-ON chemistry experiments involving this year's theme: "The Sweet Side of Chemistry--Candy." For toddlers through elementary students. Pick up your free copy of Celebrating Chemistry, a newsletter from the American ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
SharktoberfestCome celebrate the return of white sharks to the Gulf of the Farallones. Shark Science, Shark Experts, Shark Art, Shark Conservation, Ocean Life Costume Parade, Beer, Food, Live Music and more!.Special programs (register via email here)11:00 AM and 1:00 PM: "Build a White Chark" and "Shark Priintmaking"3:00 Ocean Life Parade, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free. Special programs are $5.
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Join us for the 5th Annual East Bay Mini Maker Faire, where you can meet over 150 inspirational, local makers showing and sharing amazing projects across engineering, art, science, domestic arts, craft, robotics and more. Make, build, hack, play, sew, tinker, connect, learn!Featuring both established and emerging local "makers," the ...
Where: OaklandCost: Adults: $14-20 Child/Student: $11-15 Children 3 &a
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Gary Griggs will introduce the topic of sand, demands for its use, and human impacts on the sand supply system in California and Monterey Bay. The movie, Sand Wars is a surprising and disturbing investigation into one of the most consumed natural resources on the planet. Due to the high ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Monday, 10/20/14
SHROUDS OF THE NIGHTDr. Kenneth Freeman of Australian National University will discuss his distinguished career studying dark matter in galaxies.
I will discuss two series of studies related to the possible peaking of motorization in the U.S. In the first series of studies, I examined recent changes in the number of registered light-duty vehicles, and the corresponding changes in distance driven and fuel consumed. The units of the analyses were ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Photography Presentation: Earth as My WitnessFor almost fifty years, world-renowned photographer Art Wolfe has been capturing the beauty of the planet's stunning landscapes, wildlife, and cultures from every continent. In Earth Is My Witness, Wolfe presents an encyclopedic selection of his photography along with intimate stories about his encounters that exemplify his boundless curiosity about ...
Lab and Lunch: The Edible Bay - A History of Our Relationship with Local FoodsJoin historian Matthew Booker for an exploration of why twentieth-century Americans lost faith in local food. Using the Bay's oyster fishery as a case study, Booker will discuss how this changed the way we think about the Bay.RSVP required. Email reserve@exploratorium.edu, or call 415.528.4444, and choose option 5.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Prof. Sean Hartnoll of Stanford University's Physics Dept. will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Discussing Palliative Care EarlierTimothy Quill, M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry focuses on end-of-life decision making and palliative care. He will pose questions to Dr. Paul Kalanithi, a Stanford neurosurgeon, who was recently diagnosed and is being treated for lung cancer.Berg Hall Rooms
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Electrons and ElectricityKen Miller will treat us with his different machines that generate electricity. Families will be entertained to learn about the wonders of electricity. Reading: Night without Light
Summary of Workshop on Interspecies CommunicationIn this event, a group of interdisciplinary scientists will participate in a SETI colloquium to summarize and discuss a two-way workshop held to explore nonhuman communication research. Participants for this two-day workshop include scientists who currently work in one of three areas: animal communication, information theory, or astrobiology/intelligence.The panel will explore and ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Wednesday, 10/22/14
The Bay Model Wants You!!! Become part of Sausalito's very own attraction known around the world! We have a variety of volunteer positions that are suited for people just like you! Greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups, and more! Come and be a part of one of the largest working hydraulic models in ...
Steven Johnson is the author of eight books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. He has also co-created three influential web sites: the pioneering online magazine FEED, the Webby Award-winning community site, Plastic.com, and most recently the hyperlocal media site outside.in. A contributing editor to Wired, he ...
Península Valdés (PV) in Argentina is an important calving ground for Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis). Since 2005 there has been a significant increase in right whale mortality at PV, with most of the deaths (~90%) being calves less than three months old. We investigate the potential involvement of harmful ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Three presentations at Romberg Tiburon CenterVariability and mass flux of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and chlorophyll-a at a restored site in Suisun Marsh; Shannon StrongEffects of wastewater on phytoplankton nitrogen utilization and community composition; Nicole TravisClimate change effects on the San Francisco estuary delta phytoplankton community: investigations into the role of temperature and salinity tolerance on ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
In the name of energy security: the struggle over the exportation of Israeli natural gasThe aim of this study is to place the notion of energy security under critical scrutiny by unpacking how different actors manipulate the term through the mobilization of existential language as a prism for creating securitization discourse. Through an examination of an Israeli inter-ministerial committee charged with developing national policy regarding ...
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Low-Cost 3D Chip Stacking with ThruChip Wireless ConnectionsStacking thinned chips in 3D would enable a dramatic increase in density, but so far there has been limited market acceptance with current stacking techniques. Most chip stacking so far has been for FLASH memories, where die are thinned to 40-50 microns and stacked in a staircase fashion to allow ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BayIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer's art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly meeting for discussion of topics of science, ...
Do WIMPs Rule? The LUX & LZ Experiments and the Search for Cosmic Dark MatterDark Matter remains a profound mystery at the intersection of particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. One of the leading candidates, the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle, or WIMP, may be detectable using terrestrial particle detectors. Recent technological advances are enabling very rapid increases in sensitivity in the search for these particles. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Climate and Mechanisms of Soil Carbon Stabilization: Findings from Senior Thesis ResearchA change in carbon residence times in soil has huge potential to alter global carbon cycling and atmospheric composition. Therefore, an understanding of how mechanisms of carbon stabilization respond to ecosystem changes is essential for accurately modeling global climate change. Soils as whole ecosystems and specific soil biotic conditions are ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
Molecular and cellular adapatations to the unique lifestyle of mammalian hibernatorsThe Stanford Neurosciences Institute hosts a weekly seminar series to bring together members of the Stanford neuroscience community to hear about and discuss cutting edge basic and/or clinical research that is relevant to the future of neuroscience.Speaker: Elena Gracheva, Yale University
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Partial Solar Eclipse at Lindsay Wildlife MuseumJoin us in front of Lindsay Wildlife Museum to watch the partical solar eclipse. Mt Diablo Astronomical Society will be there with solar filtered telescopes and solar filtered galsses for your viewing enjoyment. The solar eclipse starts at 12:30 and is over at 5 p.m.
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Telle ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Partial Solar EclipseExperience a thrilling partial solar eclipse through solar telescopes at the Lawrence Hall of Science while learning the ins and outs of solar eclipses from Hall experts.
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Partial Solar Eclipse at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum and Larkey ParkPlease join Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for a public Astronomy program at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum and Larkey park. View the Partial Solar Eclipse safely through our solar filtered telescopes. Maximum extent occurs between 3 and 3:30.Check our web site www.mdas.net, 925-979-5694 or email outreachinfo@mdas.net
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth. Join us on our observation deck to watch as the moon 'occults' the sun! Our resident astronomy experts will be on hand to help you safely view the celestial phenomenon using special instruments and will help ...
Partial Solar Eclipse ViewingEarth's Moon will briefly pass between the Sun and the Earth on Thursday, October 23rd in a partial solar eclipse. As viewed from San Carlos and the greater San Francisco Bay Area, approximately half of the Sun's disk will be covered by the Moon at the time of greatest eclipse. ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
Encoding of movements by Purkinje cells of the cerebellumExecution of accurate eye movements depends critically on the cerebellum, as evidenced by the deficits observed in patients and lesion studies. These observations have suggested that Purkinje cells (P-cells) predict the state of the eye (e.g. its position or velocity) during a saccade. Yet, this encoding has remained a long-standing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Explore What You Eat - Hands-on Science at the Farmer's MarketsEver wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers' markets during the Bay Area Science Festival. (Subject to reduced hours or cancellation in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
STATE SENSING AND AWARENESS FOR BIO-INSPIRED AUTONOMOUS UAV SYSTEMSThe Structures and Composites Laboratory at Stanford University has devoted a significant amount of research effort to the development of technologies that will contribute to the next generation of bio-inspired autonomous UAV systems. This presentation will provide an overview of the main research developments to overcome the current limitations and ...
The LAST (Life Art Science Technology) festival is a symposium and expo that celebrates the confluence of art with the multiplicity of new media technologies and nascent sciences emerging from the intense cultural ecosystem of the Bay Area. The second LAST festival (following the first one that was held in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Eclipse NightlifeSet your sights on NightLife's first-ever solar eclipse after party. Once the sun sets, the museum comes to life to explore epic celestial bodies, like the Sun and the Moon.Didn't get to peep the partial solar eclipse in real-time? Watch live replays (safely) in African Hall, where you can explore ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Genomic and Precision MedicineJeanette McCarthy provides an overview of how advances in genomic science are affecting health care by dramatically changing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. This is an important issue for everyone in the community to understand, as it will enable all to make better and more educated decisions about ...
Peter Kerr is a fourth generation Californian who grew up in Ventura, in Southern California, with a fondness for nature and environmental conservation. Peter attained his bachelor's in Biology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, spending a full year in college studying Biology in Central America, at the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science Fiction Turned FactJoin Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world.Automatic doors, touch screens, using brainwaves to manipulate objects: in many cases, the stuff of science fiction is here today. Find out how the imagined technologies of yesterday have led to modern-day gadgets and scientific endeavors.18+ Only
Many of us don't want to talk about it or think about it, but extreme weather and a changing planet are a given for the 21st century. The phrase "climate fatigue" describes a public already saturated with bad news about our future.It's a daunting problem, but there are success stories. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Did you know that UC Berkeley has 6 Natural History Museums that hold 12 million specimens and represent the most complete collection of specimens of living and extinct organisms of California? Get a behind the scenes look in the collections which are normally closed to the public, including the Essig ...
The LAST (Life Art Science Technology) festival is a symposium and expo that celebrates the confluence of art with the multiplicity of new media technologies and nascent sciences emerging from the intense cultural ecosystem of the Bay Area. The second LAST festival (following the first one that was held in ...
We're kicking off the Bay Area Science Festival in style by holding multiple Nerd Nite events at once in our first ever "block party". Nerd Nite brings science, rock music, speed dating, field trips, gaming, and, of course, beer all together for a night of epic nerdery in a 3-block radius!The ...
What would you share with an audience if you had just 5 minutes? Chabot and Ignite Oakland are giving providing a platform for people to share their passions and expertise with a live audience, the catch is they have just 5 minutes and 20 quickly changing slides to do so. ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15
Owl ProwlVisit the California Nursery at dusk and see what birds fly in the night, bring a flashlight.
Spokespeople is a storytelling and sometimes-bicycle-riding organization that promotes the art of storytelling by producing live community events across the San Francisco Bay Area. Through these events, Spokespeople embraces and empowers storytellers from all backgrounds, striving to create an inclusive performance space that celebrates the narratives in each of us. ...
The Data Science Camp is a free unconference, where attendees can propose and present sessions, and includes a keynote on Spark. There is separate morning tutorial on Principal Component Analysis (fee required). This year, we are renaming the event to "Data Science Camp" to be more inclusive of Big Data ...
Where: San JoseCost: Conference free, optional morning tutorial $40
FEAST: Climate and Energy for TeachersFree for Educators: Advance RSVP Required At this session our focus will be on climate and energy. We will start off looking at "tree cookies" as recorders of climate change. What can we tell by looking at a single tree ring? Consider sharing your favorite activities about how the weather and climate change ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Geology of the Golden Gate HeadlandsExplore 200 million years of geologic history and learn the fascinating story told by the rocks at the Golden Gate.Bring a lunch and wear comfortable walking shoes and a coat.Trip includes a short but strenuous walk down and up a 200-foot bluff.Meet Ranger Will Elder in front of Fort Point. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Geology Workshop for Teachers: Hayward FaultOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. This teacher workshop will start at Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon Wetland Center and include a walk to the Fremont Earthquake Exhibit in Central Park. Discover the "fault creep" and off sets as ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Explore What You Eat - Hands-on Science at the Farmer's MarketsEver wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers' markets during the Bay Area Science Festival. (Subject to reduced hours or cancellation in ...
The Marin Wildlife Discovery Day will be an opportunity to learn about and celebrate the rich diversity of wildlife in Marin. There are over 150 species of birds that live and breed in Marin, our creeks support some of the best coho salmon populations in northern California, and our hills ...
Where: San RafaelCost:
Happy Creepy HalloweenParticipate in Halloween-themed activities at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Meet some of the slimiest, scaliest, and hairiest creatures you'll ever see, in our Animal Discovery Room. Do Halloween-themed engineering activities with a haunted robot developed by UC Berkeley's Pioneers in Engineering (PiE).
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
And the Darwinner Is…Discover how the greenhouse effect works and explore how animal and plant species adapt to a changing environment, identifying the winners and losers in our rapidly warming planet. Target Audience: 3rd grade and up.
Get some science with your lunch! Bread and cheese are both ancient foods that owe their glory to microscopic magic. Stroll through quaint San Francisco neighborhoods while stopping at parks and shops to explore the role of unseen organisms in creating flavors and textures. Get your hands on some gluten, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
BayMobile Visits the Bay ModelAquarium of the Bay's BayMobile is coming to the Bay Model! Visitors will experiment with the science of climate change and meet some of the Aquarium's animal ambassadors. All Bay Model visitors are welcome to stop by and participate in activities, with10-minute animal encounters at the following times:Red Eared Pond Slider ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Science Saturday: Spiders and SnakesWhat do you fear? Find out that it doesn't need to be spiders or snakes! Hold a live snake, view live spiders, make a spider web, and join us for other fun crafts and activities as you trick-or-treat around the Museum while learning all about arachnids and reptiles! Don't forget ...
A mashup of Halloween and makers, celebrating community-made arcade games, with free trick-or-treating and a food drive. Part of the Bay Area Science Festival.This event is the perfect mix of technology, creativity and Halloween celebration.Marin maker groups will create large game/activities for trick-or-treaters to play, including a large-scale Rube-Goldberg style candy delivery ...
Where: GreenbraeCost:
Climate Change 101How do we know the earth is warming? What do scientists have to say? Learn about the nature of science, climate change basics, how animals and biomes are being affected, and what we can all do to make a positive difference. Target Audience: 9th grade and up.
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the ...
Tested.com's Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Will Smith, and Norman Chan bring to stage visions of the past, present, and future as seen through the eyes of makers. Enjoy an afternoon of fantastic homebrew projects, demonstrations of exciting new technologies, and conversations with makers about new frontiers of innovation. The show ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Medical Errors: Causes and OptionsHealth professionals generally are intelligent, conscientious, and well-trained. How then do medical errors occur? What have we learned about the frequency and causes of error? What parts are cognitive, system-based, or idiosyncratic? What promising tactics should limit harm?Speaker: Peter Rudd, Stanford
Dr. Ritimukta Sarangi, of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, will give a talk on "Saving the Mary Rose." The Mary Rose was an English warship built between 1510 and 1511 and was a favorite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank during an engagement with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Mathematics of DoodlingDoodling has many mathematical aspects: patterns, shapes, numbers, and more. Not surprisingly, there is often sophisticated and fun mathematics buried inside common doodles. Professor Vakil begins by doodling, and sees where it takes the class. It looks like play, but reflects what mathematics is really about: finding patterns in nature, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Understanding the Ebola OutbreakThe Ebola virus has spread from West Africa to the United States with three confirmed cases and one death. The outbreak is generating fear, airport screenings, and a storm of media coverage. But how worried should we really be? Get the facts about Ebola from UCSF physician and infectious disease researcher ...
California is a brand new geological formation in a constant state of flux and at no time in its short history has it undergone as much change as it has in the last 164 years. Subject to climate change, sea level rise, and human impact, the California of the 1850s ...
Where: SausalitoCost:
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Last FestivalThe LAST (Life Art Science Technology) festival is a symposium and expo that celebrates the confluence of art with the multiplicity of new media technologies and nascent sciences emerging from the intense cultural ecosystem of the Bay Area. The second LAST festival (following the first one that was held in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
MSI takes to the tidepools for a treasure hunt of nature's beautiful intertidal secrets. We'll spend our time taking advantage of the low tide to reach the outer edges of Pillar Point, while taking in spectacular vantages as we slowly retreat to shore. Will we find crabs, sea stars, eels ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20 General, $10 Members
October 25th. Public Astronomy Program On Mt DiabloThis Saturday we will explore Earth and life: Why does Earth have abundant life, but nowhere else in our Solar System? How many planets like Earth are probably out there in our Galaxy? How are scientists finding them?Bring kids, binoculars, warm clothes (temperature can drop), snacks, water. No need for ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: $10 Park Entrance Fee
Stargazing on Mt. DiabloWHY EARTH?Why does Earth have abundant life, but nowhere else in our Solar System? How many planets like Earth are probably out there in our Galaxy?How are scientists finding them?EXCITEMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!Participate in hands-on astronomy activities followed by supervised observing through the many different telescopes of MDAS members.Bring snacks, ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free; $10 state park vehicle fee
The American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute present the 2014 AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics with James H. Simons, the president of the Simons Foundation. Simons is a philanthropist, mathematician, investor, and financier who supports basic research in the sciences through the foundation he created with ...
The Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (BAH!) is a celebration of well-argued and thoroughly researched but completely incorrect evolutionary theory. Six brave speakers will present their bad theories in front of a live audience and a panel of judges with real science credentials, who together will determine which speaker takes home ...
Where Bill Gates' Great-Granddaughter will go on her HoneymoonPresented by Wonderfest, the Mt. Tam Astronomy Program, Friends of Mt. Tam, San Francisco Amateur Astronomers, and Mount Tamalpais State Park.Using spectacular images from space probes and the world's largest telescopes, we will explore the most intriguing future "tourist destinations" among the planets ...
NPR's hit show Snap Judgment is back to electrify the Nourse Theater in San Francisco. It's an ALL-NEW special performance created in association with the Bay Area Science Festival. Led by Snap's Glynn Washington, the world's top storytellers are coming to rock the Snap stage with brand new stories on ...
Quiz-o-Tron is the world's greatest comedic science-themed panel quiz show, hosted by Rebecca Watson and starring Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, Star Wars Craft Book author Bonnie Burton, Survivor contestant/physicist Yau-Man Chan, io9's Annalee Newitz, local comedians Caitlin Gill and Matt Gubser, and more! Watch as talented comedians compete against learned ...
Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers' markets during the Bay Area Science Festival. (Subject to reduced hours or cancellation in ...
Join George Phillips and Jim Cartan, Save Mount Diablo's Stewardship Team, for a hike of our Wright Canyon property. This 76-acre property was a key location for Morgan Territory's rich history and offers wonderful views of Mount Diablo's peaks – the summit, North Peak, Windy Point, and Oyster Point. The ...
Join Save the Redwoods League and park rangers from Muir Woods National Monument as we hike the trails and conduct a mini BioBlitz. We will identify and document as many different plant and animal species as we can. Come learn about the natural history of a redwood forest, how to ...
Come explore and learn about the pump and lock system that keeps the sedimentation process active to help build wetlands with Park Ranger Jose Garcia. Easy bike tour from the Environmental Education Center to pond A17, near Drawbridge. Approximately 3 miles round trip flat well maintained trail. Beautiful area with ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Conflicts of Principle and How they Change PhysicsEinstein thought we should look for conflicting principles: two things which are so deeply engrained that they must both be right, but when taken together seem to lead to a contradiction. When those conflicts of principle are resolved, science makes its greatest strides. In this talk, Professor Susskind will discuss ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Happy Creepy HalloweenParticipate in Halloween-themed activities at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Meet some of the slimiest, scaliest, and hairiest creatures you'll ever see, in our Animal Discovery Room. Do Halloween-themed engineering activities with a haunted robot developed by UC Berkeley's Pioneers in Engineering (PiE).
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with admission
The Extreme Life of the SeaThe Extreme Life of the Sea: What are the fastest creatures in the ocean? The oldest? Where are the hottest, coldest, or deepest places that life thrives in the sea? Ocean science over the past century has uncovered an amazing collection of extreme species, living in amazing ways. This session ...
Our walk will take a cue from the western tiger swallowtail, San Francisco's largest butterfly. This fantastic creature has taken up residence along Market Street and in the parks and plazas nearby. The western tiger, like other swallowtails, has made Market Street an unexpected habitat! The lay of the land ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science Fiction Turned FactScience fiction has predicted many things. Some have come true (think touch screens, submarines, bionic limbs), others, not so much-or at least, not yet. If you've ever wondered where your flying car or rocket belt is, or why you don't yet have a robot servant, find out at Full-Spectrum Science.18+ ...
Our Hawk Talk and Banding Demonstration begins at noon, when docent Bridget Bradshaw will speak about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, she will present a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, show everyone the hawk, and let it go ...
Come to the beautiful Marin Headlands to get involved in real-life botany! We will tour the native plant nursery and take a short hike. You will learn how genetic diversity is being protected in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, gain the skills you need to contribute to national citizen ...
Long before the silicon chip, some of the world's most influential inventions were dreamed up by San Franciscan tinkerers. Explore seven surprising stories of innovation from tech to tunes to treats that exemplify San Francisco as a hotbed of creative thinking for nearly two centuries. We'll investigate the science behind ...
Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA, pronounced "karma") has been on the scene of electronic and computer-generated sound, since, well, before there was a scene. We are proud in 2014 to be celebrating three important moments in the history of CCRMA and of computer music: ...
Join us as we celebrate the life and work of Martin Gardner on Sunday, October 26, 2–5 pm at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, located at 17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720.Why the Celebration?Martin Gardner was a prolific author who pursued a playful and fun approach to Mathematics, Science, Art, Magic, Puzzles ...
Visit SF State's Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, the only academic marine lab located on the shore of San Francisco Bay. The Center is normally closed to the public, so this is a very unique opportunity to see what goes on in the laboratories dedicated to studying the health ...
At Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, researchers use virtual reality (VR) to study the behavioral effects of immersive media. Visitors should be prepared to walk a virtual plank, fly around a virtual city, and travel to virtual Spain.Requirements/RestrictionsAll ages are invited. Not recommended for users that experience regular symptoms of ...
You are invited to a behind-the-scenes tour of our Parasitology Lab where you'll have the chance to see parasitic worms and protozoa! You'll also get to hear about our research to discover drugs to treat parasitic diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. We are located at the Mission Bay ...
Come take a closer look at the sea cliffs at New Brighton State Beach. The rocks forming these dramatic cliffs are part of the Purisima Formation, which is exposed along the California Coast from Point Reyes to southern Santa Cruz County. The rocks at New Brighton Beach were deposited under ...
NPR's hit show Snap Judgment is back to electrify the Nourse Theater in San Francisco. It's an ALL-NEW special performance created in association with the Bay Area Science Festival. Led by Snap's Glynn Washington, the world's top storytellers are coming to rock the Snap stage with brand new stories on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 and up
Monday, 10/27/14
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTDr. Marc Fisher of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will address how one can apply a physics education to help solve problems of human stewardship of the Earth's climate.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Monsters are everywhere. They lurk in the shadows and stalk our imagination. They terrorize and fascinate us. But what, exactly, are they? Scholars differ on whether the word is derived from the Latin verb monstrare, "to show," or from monere, "to warn." Either way, as horror theorist John Halberstam writes, monsters ...
Presented by WonderfestWhen science fiction portrays the galaxy as an arena of interstellar commerce and, occasionally, of star wars, could it be accurate? We now know that billions of hospitable, Earth-like planets are sprinkled throughout our Milky Way Galaxy. Yet billions of short-term searches for ET have turned up nothing. Where is everybody?! Premier planet ...
You're the Expert is a live show, podcast, and new public radio program that uses comedy to make academic research more accessible and exciting. Through games, sketches, and hilariously misguided guesses, a panel of hilarious comedians will try to get to the bottom of what a distinguished scientist does all day. ...
Extending the search for ETI communication to near-infrared wavelengths We are poised to take advantage of a remarkable confluence of technological advances and scientific opportunity. For the first time, very fast, wide bandwidth, high-gain, low noise near-infrared avalanche photo diode (APDs) detectors are available and reasonably priced. We are designing and constructing a new SETI instrument to search for ...
Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers' markets during the Bay Area Science Festival. (Subject to reduced hours or cancellation in ...
With more than 40 patents on technology ranging from its Constellation digital acoustic system to premium loudspeakers, Meyer Sound is recognized as a major force in the professional audio industry worldwide. Take a look inside its factory and see how loudspeakers are built from the inside out. After a tour ...
A wonderful opportunity to tour one of the greenest buildings in the country, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)'s headquarters on 525 Golden Gate Ave. Attendees will have a chance to learn about the green building features such as, consumption of 32% less energy, 50% less carbon footprint and 60% ...
In his book, Prusiner tells the remarkable story of his discovery of prions – infectious proteins that replicate and cause disease but surprisingly contain no genetic material – and reveals how superb and meticulous science is actually practiced with talented teams of researchers who persevere. He recounts the frustrations and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
Widely regarded as the toughest man in the NHL, Derek Boogaard was a gentle man off the ice but a merciless fighter on it. We'll explore Boogaard's unlikely journey from lumbering kid playing pond-hockey on the prairies of Saskatchewan, so big his skates would routinely break beneath his feet; to ...
Tracy K. Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet for her collection of poetry, Life on Mars (2011), will be speaking at Stanford as a part of the Imagining the Universe: Cosmology in Art and Science programmatic series. The cosmos has long inspired our imaginations ― fueling research, reflection, and creative response. Organized ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Bluetooth Smart and IoT ---- from vision to productIn this presentation, we will cover the latest Bluetooth Smart technology and how we could use the new Bluetooth Smart in the IoT products. We will evaluate and compare the options in wireless connectivity and provide our suggestions on the industrial best practices. For product managers and developers of the ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General
UC Santa Cruz LASER EventExploring the Frontiers of Knowledge and Imagination, Fostering Interdisciplinary Networking Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a national program of evening gatherings that bring artists, scientists, and scholars together for informal presentations and conversations. Please join us in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 for refreshments at 6:45 p.m. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free ($4 Parking)
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Cataract Revolution: From Couching to Femtosecond Laser-assisted Cataract SurgeryThe lens is a remarkable structure that plays a critical role in the optical system of the human eye. An overview of the lens, including embryologic development, biochemistry, and physiology, will lay the foundation to a discussion about diseases of the lens, including presbyopia (age-related loss of lens accommodation) and ...
Adam Savage, Host MythbustersStorytellersIndre Viskontas, Host Inquiring Minds, neuroscientist, and opera singerAnnalee Newitz, editor io9.comBrian Fisher, Chairman, Department of Entomology, California Academy of SciencesShayle Matsuda, Field Biologist, California Academy of SciencesTicketsAbout Inquiring MindsJoin neuroscientist and opera singer Indre Viskontas for a conversation with Mythbusters' Adam Savage in a special live production of the Inquiring Minds ...
While killer whales are found in all of the world's oceans, their lives in the wild are poorly understood, in part because there are tremendous differences between different groups of orcas. Though the species range spans the globe from pole to pole, individual orcas belong to regional ecological groups, called ...
Scientists are often puzzled when members of the public reject what we consider to be well-founded explanations. They can't understand why the presentation of scientific data and theory doesn't suffice to convince others of the validity of "controversial" topics like evolution and climate change. Recent research highlights the importance of ...
Where: StanfordCost: $15 General, Free for students
GREECE mission: Ground-to-Rocket Electrodynamics-Electrons Correlative ExperimentOur monthly meetings begin with a short "What's Up" presented by one of our member followed by a speaker. This month's speaker is Dr. John Bonnell, from the Space Sciences Lab in Berkeley. The topic will be the GREECE mission: Ground-to-Rocket Electrodynamics-Electrons Correlative Experiment. The mission seeks to understand the ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: 0
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Designing for Longevity: The 10,000 Year Clock ProjectHuman civilization is about 10,000 years old. If you wanted to build something that would last the next 10,000 years, as an icon of long-term thinking, what materials would you use? How would you prototype and test the design? Alexander Rose is part of the team that's building a mechanical, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
Wednesday, 10/29/14
Talk on DyslexiaSchwab Learning Center is hosting Drs. Brock & Fernette Eide, who will talk about dyslexia and their latest book, The Dyslexic Advantage.
Methane is the most ubiquitous hydrocarbon on Earth. In the atmosphere, it is a potent greenhouse gas, driving ~20% of greenhouse gas warming. In the geosphere, it is a resource accounting for an increasing percentage of the global energy supply. In the biosphere, it is a source of energy and ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Pragmatic Translational Informatics for Health CareAs director of informatics research at the UC Davis Health System, Nick Anderson does research into the effective uses of biomedical data, information and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving and decision making. Because informatics is at the core of many transformative efforts in health care, Anderson's expertise and leadership ...
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition first developed by the University of Queensland in Australia. The competition is now held at about 170 universities in 17 countries and counting. You can read more about the origins of the competition and see videos of winners from around the world ...
Big Data: A Data Driven Society?In the first part of this talk, I will review how Big Data is enabling a data-driven economy, look at what to do with Big Data, and look at the consequences of a society being reshaped by systematically building on data analytics. In the second part of the talk, I ...
Tour the UPS San Francisco Facility, watch how UPS moves thousands of packages through its facility to provide next day delivery for a package picked up in San Francisco destined for any address in the US.Requirements/RestrictionsAt UPS, Safety is First! You will be visiting UPS during a busy time. It ...
Grab a drink and hit the back patio of the El Rio for an intimate evening of interactive science at Science, Neat. This month, step into the "Living Room" and meet 5 scientists who will share their research and how science has shaped them personally in surprising ways. Lightning talks ...
Ready to put your science smarts to the test? Ask a Scientist will be celebrating the Bay Area Science Festival the best way we know how - with a boisterous science trivia contest hosted by Robin Marks of Discovery Street Tours. (It's just like a pub trivia night, but without all those other ...
Cancer and the Cell Cycle: From Molecular Pictures To Innovative TherapiesCancer cells invariably have defects in the proteins that control when cells grow and divide, a process known as cell cycle regulation. While much effort has gone into developing therapeutics that try to counter a deregulated cell cycle in cancer cells, few drugs have made it to the clinic, as ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Regis ...
Have you ever wondered what happens to the dirty water from your shower, laundry and toilet after it goes down the drain? What about the runoff from lawns and gardens, and rainwater and car washing? You'll see first-hand what happens after your flush down the toilet, learn about the wastewater ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Mistakes and Oversights in the InternetThe Internet, as of 29 October, is now 45 years old. On that day the first two nodes were connected. A few more computers have been added since then. The Internet isn't an Edsel, but it is showing its age and there are some design features that may have seemed ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Open Forum: Cities and the Digital FrontierThis dynamic, insightful discussion examines how cities will be transformed by digital technologies, from governance and management to citizen engagement and experience. Sensors, the Internet of things, data analytics, mobile devices, automation-all these and more will play a role. What are the economic opportunities, and how can Silicon Valley/US tech ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $67 General, $42 Members of Churchill Club
The creatures come out at night as NightLife partners with the Bay Area Science Festival for an evening of spine-tingling delight on Halloween. Discover the science and spectacle behind werewolves, vampires, zombies and other creatures that go bump in the night.Every Thursday night a new adventure unfolds. Set out with ...
We care about the food we eat. So, what should we know about GMOs?Three eminent scientists from UC Berkeley present basic scientific principles behind Genetically Modified Organisms and provide the socioeconomic and environmental implications of their use.Bringing sound expertise to this controversial subject are Professors Patricia Zambryski (Plant & Microbial ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Advances in Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment of Brain TumorsThis presentation will cover the latest advances in the treatment and management of patients with brain tumors.Speaker: Steven D. Chang, MD Robert C. and Jeannette Powell Professor, Co-Director, Stanford Cyberknife Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
Marissa Mayer is the CEO of Yahoo and is one of very few women to have run a Fortune 500 company. In 2013, Mayer earned the number one spot on Fortune Magazine's 2013 "40 Under 40" list. Fifteen years before she became the tech powerhouse she is today, Mayer was ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Open Show: Seeing the UnseenExplore the worlds beyond what our naked eyes can see with electron microscopy scientists, renowned data visualists, amateur astrophotographers and more. Experience the stories of how the boundaries of photography and video are being pushed to illuminate the distant past, unfamiliar perspectives and the miniature ecosystems hidden in front of ...
What can diseases of wildlife tell us about the emergence of human pandemics?Why is a bacterial disease expanding to animals beyond the Greater Yellowstone area?How are diseases affecting Yellowstone wolves?Speaker: Paul Cross, USGS
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 10/31/14
Blowin' in the Wind: Sequential Markets, Market Power, and ArbitrageA variety of economic goods are traded through sequential markets, a set of forward and real-time markets, to improve the efficiency of the final allocation. However, in many markets, prices across sequential markets do not converge in practice. We develop a theoretical framework to characterize strategic behavior in sequential markets ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Night HikeJoin us for hikes through our redwoods! Trail walks are led by an experienced hiker and Chabot educator and feature discussions about the natural environment, events and objects in the sky.Hike under the first quarter moon through the redwoods from twilight to moonlight on a easy 2-3 mile hike. After ...
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